The Second Meeting of Ministers
Responsible for Public Security took place in Santo Domingo, The Dominican
Republic on November 4-5, 2009 and concluded with the adoption of the
Consensus of Santo Domingo on Public Security in which member states
reiterated their commitment to confront public security threats from a human
rights perspective. This Consensus strengthens the mission, the objectives
and the role of the ministerial process and supports its institutional
consolidation.
The Meeting of Experts
in preparation for MISPA II, took place in Montevideo,
Uruguay on August 4-5, 2009. The objective of this meeting was to
analyze the steps taken since the adoption of the Commitment to
Public Security in the Americas (MISPA I) and to define the
agenda for the Second Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public
Security in the Americas (MISPA II), building on the inputs
of governmental experts on public security.
Documents
Informative
Documents
Presentation by Lucía Dammert,
consultant, Department of Public
Security, Secretariat for
Multidimensional Security, OAS
Presentation of the Eastern Republic
of Uruguay “Uruguay and Public Security
Prevention Strategies”
Presentation by Rodrigo Guerrero,
Institute for Research and Development
in Violence prevention and promotion of
Social Interaction (CISALVA)
Presentation of the Eastern Republic
of Uruguay -Plan Ceibal - One laptop
per child and per teacher-
Presentation by Juan Faroppa,
consultant, Inter-American Commission on
Human Rights, OAS “Status of the study
by the Inter-American Commission on
Human Rights on Citizen Security and
Human Rights”
Presentation of Gustavo Beliz, IADB
Specialist - Modernization of the State
Remarks of the Secretary General of
the OAS, Mr. José Miguel Insulza, at the
Inter-American Specialized Conference on
Public Security: Meeting of Experts to
Prepare for Mispa II
Presentation by Julio Rosenblatt,
Chief of the Public Security Policy
Section, Department of Public Security,
Secretariat for Multidimensional
Security, OAS “Inter-American Security
Observatory: Crime and Violence (OIS)”
Presentation: Gustavo Palmieri,
Consultant, Department of Public
Security, Secretariat for
Multidimensional Security, OAS “Public
Security Model Legislation for the
Americas: Basic Elements”
Presentation of Dominican Republic -
National Plan on Security
Presentation by Ambassador Alexandre
Addor-Neto, Secretary for
Multidimensional Security of the
Organization of American States, during
the closing session of the “Inter
American Specialized Conference on
Public Security: meeting of Experts to
prepare MISPA II”
The fourth meeting of Latin
American civil society organizations in preparation for MISPA
II, took place in Lima, Peru on September 16-17, 2009. This
meeting was jointly organized by the OAS General Secretariat and
FLACSO-Chile, with the support of the Open Society Institute,
and aimed to strengthen the citizen and community participation
processes in relation with the five pillars adopted in the
Commitment to Public Security in the Americas: 1) public
security management; 2) prevention of crime, violence and
insecurity; 3) police management; 4) citizen and community
participation; 5) international cooperation. The recommendations
of this meeting served as inputs for MISPA II.
